While you may not have a full preservation lab at your disposal, there are many things you can do to prolong the life of your treasured materials. Environment At the very least, materials should be kept in cool, dry places. A garage or attic are often some of the worst places to store your materials… Read more »
Special Collections recently acquired the long-lost UNT mascot, Eppy. There is much lore surrounding the story of Eppy, but here is our University Archivist, Jess Tucker’s experience tracking down Eppy: “I heard about the missing mascot not long after I started working at UNT. Early on, I went to a meeting with some UNT Facilities… Read more »
Book cradles are important tools when viewing or displaying books. It supports a book, holding it open at a certain angle thereby reducing stress on the spine by not forcing the book to lay flat, creating a stable structure to view the book (especially if it is fragile and the covers are detaching), and minimizing… Read more »
Board game expansions? No box to fit them in? No problem! When the Media Library asked if there was a way to house the board game, Everdell, and its multiple expansions, I said I would be happy to create some sort of custom box. The result? A heavy duty clamshell with a pull out drawer…. Read more »
When our Public Services Librarian, Megan May, came to me inquiring whether we could create custom enclosures that serve not only as storage for rare books and artist books but that function as a display for those items, I eagerly took on the challenge . Normally, we build clamshells for our most at risk and… Read more »
This clamshell is different from our normal clamshells due to the sliding drawer in the bottom of the base. When we received this book, I noticed that it was difficult to remove the book from its wrapper and that the wrapper was fragile. I became concerned about the future damage that could occur to the… Read more »
